(Closed) Moving to Denver in two months!

My Fiance has accepted a job based out of Denver and we are now moving there in April! We have both visited in the past (my family has vacationed in Breckenridge and Frisco for the past 15 years but I’ve only been to Denver a few times) but are not familiar with the neighborhoods in the city or the suburbs nearby that would be good places to start looking for a rental.

We have two dogs so we are hoping to get a single family home with a yard (also for me to garden). Being near a park and restaurants or cafés would be a perk too. Does anyone have recommendations of areas to look? Any other input of things to do in the city? Restaurants to try (I’m vegetarian), things to do, ect. Any advice would be appreciated!

@MsRicky: Hi! Welcome to colorado! I would suggest looking in the Highlands, Sloans Lake, Jefferson Park, and Wash Park areas, they are where most of the single family homes are and are all close to parks and restaurants, cafes, bars, and coffee shops are close too. Depending on what your budget is that can make a big difference for where you look for housing. A lot of the restaurants are very vegetarian and vegan friendly but there are a few that are solely for the veggie lovers. Those are Watercourse and City O’ City, they are in the Cap Hill. What are you and Fiance into? There is a really great yoga studio called corepower and there are several around the city. Start looking at the calender for red rocks and plan to go to a concert!

@MsRicky: I spent much of my youth and young adult life in Denver, Highland’s Ranch is a great place (but very yuppie and expensive), a more economical (and laid back) alternative is Englewood. Aurora is very sketchy and tends to have a bad repuation. Be prepared to learn snow driving, 2in may paralyze Atlanta, but they just got around a foot and that didn’t stop much. Denver also has a pretty awesome Light Rail system, if you can get close to that you can take that rather than having to drive and park (a really bonus if he works downtown), the bus system is also pretty good.

Echoing @Lbward6, I am a definite supporter of the Wash Park area and the Highlands area (NOTto be confused with Highlands Ranch). Each is a distinct little neighborhood with their own shopping, dining, events, farmers markets, etc, yet they are conveniently close to downtown Denver.

@Lbward6: We’ve been meaning to visit Linger in Highlands for AGES. They made it on our shortlist for Denver Restaurant Week that’s coming up, but we ended up making our reservations elsewhere… And I’ve heard very good things about Uncle.

@Lbward6: Thank you! I am very excited for the move. We are coming from a single family home in the Bay area where rent is atrociously high so I am pretty sure most places in Denver are going to seem affordable (at least I’m hoping)! Fiance and I are pretty laid back, we like being outdoors with our dogs, we are into music and are foodies! And I do yoga so I will look into that studio too.

Oh, and I LOVE brunch-just checked out Devils Food’s menu and we will definitely be trying it out!

@sarahuccs: Washington Park and the Highlands sound right up our alley, I will definitely be giving both of them consideration. Having a neighborhood farmers market would be an awesome bonus- thats one of the few things I will miss about where we are now, all of the great markets.

And thanks for the reading suggestion-I will be checking it out later tonight!